June 17, 2013

Rogers a potential candidate for Kidd's coaching staff

As the Nets continue to look for candidates to fill out Jason Kidd’s coaching staff, one potential candidate is Roy Rogers.According to a league source, the Nets are interested in...

Fullscreen YouTube channel gets Chernin-led cash infusion

The picture is getting brighter for YouTube network Fullscreen. The digital media company, which operates thousands of channels on Google’s video-sharing site, is getting an influx of cash to fuel...

Wrong birth date on Ed Koch's tombstone

How’s Ed Koch tombstone doin’. Horrible! In a major blunder, the former mayor’s tombstone at Trinity Church in Washington Heights was mistakenly engraved with the wrong birth date. The date...

GAMETRACKER: Mets at Braves

Before Super Tuesday, the Mets open their five-game set in Atlanta against the Braves on Monday night. Dillon Gee gets the start for the Mets in Atlanta against Tim Hudson.

Tweets too unsweet for Kass

Hedge-fund manager and popular markets commentator Doug Kass has turned in his Twitter membership, saying he can no longer take the “haters.” “Unfortunately, there are many haters in the social...

Woman sues 'Spin City' actor over alleged dog attack

A poodle mix owned by an actor best known for the ‘90s sitcom “Spin City” viciously attacked an Upper East Side woman in Central Park, according to a new lawsuit....

Knicks to work out South Dakota State's Wolters

On Tuesday, the Knicks will conduct a pre-draft workout with an intriguing mix of players, highlighted by South Dakota State point guard Nate Wolters and Louisville center Gorgui Dieng.Wolters, a...

Port Authority retirees get free tolls and parking -- for life, judge rules

Port Authority retirees get to keep the lifetime perk of free tolls and parking, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled. The Port Authority sued in Manhattan Supreme Court last...

Yankees GM 'leaning' towards putting Teixeira on DL, doesn't rule out surgery

Mark Teixeira is getting closer to returning to the disabled list.The Yankees first baseman, who had a cortisone shot administered to his injured right wrist on Sunday, did not suffer...

Cops investigate TV chef Nigella Lawson throat-grab pics, husband calls incident a 'playfull tiff'

LONDON — British police are investigating newspaper photos that show art collector Charles Saatchi grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. The pictures drew widespread condemnation after...

Cashman: Yankees hitting coach should have spoken up about Teixeira

Kevin Long surprised everyone – including those in the Yankees organization – with his concerns about Mark Teixeira on Saturday night.“I don't know if he has been right since he...

Hooker had no idea dead grandmother was in john's closet during sex romp

She had no idea her john's dead grandmother was less than two feet away, her body stuffed into a closet, a hooker testified today of cavorting naked in bed with...

Two new police boats dedicated to slain NYPD detectives

A pair of cops who paid the ultimate price protecting New York were honored today by the city and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who dedicated two harbor boats in their...

The best Aliens game ever is Left 4 Dead 2 with mods (video)

Let's keep this Let's Play series going.In case you weren't aware, the Aliens: Colonial Marines game was utter garbage. And most gamers still fume about it. There's no shortage of...

'NSA should come clean about domestic spying': Ray Kelly

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly launched a stinging rebuke to the federal government’s secret phone and Internet monitoring campaign — and suggested leaker Edward Snowden was right about privacy “abuse.” “I...

Wheeler: I am not the Mets 'savior at all'

ATLANTA ---- Zack Wheeler is ready to carry his home state of Georgia on Super Tuesday.The Mets top pitching prospect arrived at Turner Field on Monday set for his major...

Whitey Bulger broke my heart! Ex-hitman reflects on learning that gangster was an FBI informant

BOSTON — An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James "Whitey" Bulger, but called...

Family of slain man in nearly 30-year-old cold case stare down accused killer in court

The daughter of a slain restaurant owner stared down his alleged killer today in a Manhattan courtroom, as he faced charges for the 1986 murder. Justo Santos, 43, pleaded not...

India to send world's last telegram. Stop. Company was losing $23M a year. Stop.

144 years after Samuel Morse sent the first telegram in Washington, the world’s final telegram will be sent in India on July 14, 2013. Telegraph services ended in the United...

Dark Souls II hands-on

Few games garner such passion and enthusiasm as Dark Souls. Lauded for its uncompromising and twisted dark fantasy setting, Dark Souls commands commitment. So very little is explained and players...

Thai Buddhist monks ride in private jet sporting designer shades sparking nationwide crackdown on 'lavish behavior'

BANGKOK – Thailand's national Buddhism body said Monday it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior following complaints ignited by a video showing Buddhist monks flying on a private...

Q&A: Chris Burnham, Batman Incorporated Artist Extraordinaire

If I have a beef about the art at DC Comics these days is that there’s a samey-ness to it. Too many pencillers are turning out what appears to be...

Egyptian Muslim cleric burns Bible, sentenced to 11 years in prison

An Islamic preacher known for his hate speeches against Coptic Christians was sentenced to 11 years in prison for tearing up and burning a Bible outside the U.S. Embassy during...

'Venus and Serena’ filmmakers sued by USTA

Don’t slam the Williams sisters. That’s the message being served by the United States Tennis Association, which is suing the makers of a new documentary on Venus and Serena Williams...

Atlanta radio hosts fired after mocking former Saints player Gleason, who suffers from ALS (audio)

If ever a firing was warranted this is it. The hosts and producers of The Zone 790’s "Mayhem in the AM" in Atlanta were fired Monday afternoon hours after they...

After month of controversy, Hermann officially starts at Rutgers

Julie Hermann has taken over as Rutgers' athletic director. The embattled Hermann showed up for work before most of her employees on Monday morning and started the task of leading...

Cop killed 40 years ago remembered as a hero

A Manhattan police officer slain in the line of duty 40 years ago was hailed as a hero at a ceremony today outside the Harlem stationhouse where he worked. About...

Celtics, Clippers making progress in Garnett, Rivers talks: report

What's up? Doc, still. The mega-deal between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers, including coach Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett, could be finalized as soon as Monday, league sources...

Kershaw upset with Dodgers for taking contract talks public

Clayton Kershaw is on the verge of getting nearly 200 million more reasons to be happy, but the Dodgers ace has still found cause to complain. Kershaw, who Fox Sports...

Feds raid the home of famed mobster 'Jimmy the Gent'

Federal agents have descended on the Queens home of the late Lucchese gangster James “Jimmy The Gent” Burke looking for human remains, The Post has learned. FBI investigators, along with...

MONDAY MATCHMAKER: Out of title contention, Henderson should fight Stann next

Every Monday after an MMA fight weekend, The Post’s Marc Raimondi will take a look at the next potential matchup for the fighters who competed.This week, he breaks down the...

Jets think Coples prepared to match lofty expectations

Quinton Coples turned some heads during the Jets’ spring period. Jets coaches feel the second-year defensive lineman is ready for a much bigger role in 2013 than he had as...

Jail will kill decrepit Astor son: lawyer

Sending the 89-year-old Parkinson’s afflicted son of Brooke Astor -- who was convicted of bilking her estate out of millions -- to jail on Thursday would be a death sentence,...

Ed Snowden's dad in desperate plea for son's silence, as NSA leaker fears he will be 'murdered' by US

The dad of NSA snitch Edward Snowden fears his wayward son is about to commit treason, as the turncoat computer whiz took to the Internet today to reveal his own...

Passenger restrained on Newark-bound flight after telling crew he poisoned everyone on board

A former federal worker went berserk on a Hong Kong-to-Newark flight today, claiming to be a CIA agent poisoned by the spy agency before passengers wrestled him to the cabin...

Why They’ll Never Get a ‘Justice League’ Movie Right

Anyone with a mild interest in potentially awesome movies and half an Internet connection has surely seen the non-stop blathering on one subject in particular: The extremely hypothetical Justice League...

Judge releases former NFL receiver Johnson from prison 7 days into 30-day sentence

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former NFL star Chad Johnson is being released immediately from jail after apologizing to a judge for lack of respect when he slapped his attorney on...

Costas calls Mets to apologize after slamming celebration

Even when the Mets win, they're made to feel like losers.Following Sunday's 4-3 win over the Cubs at Citi Field, in which the Mets scored all four runs in the...

Ready To Believe Again? ‘X-Files’ Is Back – With Exclusive Art

The truth is out there? Ha! For “X-Files” fans, it seemed like some of the show’s greatest mysteries would remain unsolved. Like whatever happened to that alien colonization plan? Did...

Voters do not have to prove citizenship: Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up...

Fomer NBA star Iverson accused of abducting kids: report

This was not the answer. Tawanna Iverson, the ex-wife of Allen Iverson, claims that the former NBA MVP abducted their five children and she is hoping to have a court...

NYC 4-year high school graduation rate drops for first time in a decade

The city's 4-year high school graduation rate dipped last year for the first time in a decade - edging down to 60.4 percent, according to state education officials. The city's...

Cuomo's 'women's equality agenda' introduced as bill without abortion rights proposal

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo has admitted certain defeat of his Women’s Equality Agenda, laying blame squarely at the feet of Democratic Senate co-leader Jeff Klein, who has refused to break...

POST POWER RANKINGS: Orioles proving last year was no fluke

A year ago, the Orioles were the surprise team in the league, winning 93 games and beating the Rangers in the wild card play-in before losing to the Yankees in...

Montreal's anti-corruption mayor arrested on corruption charges

MONTREAL — Quebec's anti-corruption unit on Monday arrested Montreal's interim mayor, a man who vowed to clean up the corruption scandals plaguing the city, on fraud charges. Police Commander Robert...

Boy bands of yesteryear hit Barclays Center

Nothing is ever as good as you remember it, but the gap between the memory and the reality felt like a canyon last night at Barclays Center as New Kids...

Porn star to teach sex ed at swanky boarding school

Sex education classes by a porn queen are being considered at a posh boarding school in the UK. Head Mark Slater said getting a blue movie star to tell her...

7-Eleven store owners indicted in scheme to employ illegal aliens, steal their pay

The owners and operators of ten 7-Eleven stores on Long Island and four in Virginia have been indicted in a massive scheme to employ illegal aliens and steal "significant portions"...

WATCH: Leonardo DiCaprio living large in 'Wolf of Wall Street' trailer

Leonardo DiCaprio downs champagne surrounded by scantily-clad beauties in the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s latest offering, The Wolf of Wall Street. The Great Gatsby star plays Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker...

FBI searching for Jimmy Hoffa's remains in field outside Detroit: report

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, bringing excavation equipment to a field in suburban Detroit where a reputed Mafia...

6 dead, 41 injured in Chicago's most violent weekend of the year

CHICAGO — Chicago Police are investigating after a violent weekend left at least six people dead and more than three dozen wounded in a series of shootings. The Chicago Sun-Times...

US government made up to 5000 requests for Apple customer data in 6 months: report

Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May. The company, like some other businesses, had...

In Today’s Post Proper: Dean Haspiel’s ‘Red Hook’

Gotham has Batman — and now Brooklyn has its own scrappy superhero.New York Post staff writer Natalie O’Neill today profiled Brooklyn artist Dean Haspiel’s latest project, “The Red Hook.” You...

Voters want to give Sheldon Silver the boot over Vito Lopez scandal: poll

ALBANY – Another poll out this morning shows a majority of voters ready to give Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver the boot over the way he handled sexual harassment claims against...

WATCH: 'Nazi dad' proposes to girlfriend

There's a fine line between love and hate. Those two emotions intersected in Easton, Pa. Sunday, with Hitler-obsessed white supremacist Heath Campbell proposing to girlfriend Bethanie White in full Nazi...

Love and hate

Mickelson second at U.S. Open (again) as Rose wins

ARDMORE, Pa. — One frenetic hour changed Justin Rose’s life forever yesterday and it left Phil Mickelson in a philosophical stupor. Rose captured his first career major championship, winning the...

U.S. Open heartbreak on birthday must get awfully old for Mickelson

ARDMORE, Pa. — One of the most endearing things about Phil Mickelson is he isn’t afraid to tell you how he feels. You can feel his emotion in victory and...

Off-duty cop shot in arm saving woman after young boy’s plea for help: sources

A 10-year-old boy whose mother was saved by hero cop Joseph Koch last night begged to visit the wounded officer in the hospital to thank him, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly...

NBA Finals: Game Five

Nieuwenhuis saves Mets with three-run blast

For nearly nine innings, the Mets had come out on Father’s Day and put on a Little League display. They couldn’t field, couldn’t hit, couldn’t compete. Then Kirk Nieuwenhuis turned...

Mets set for next phase of season with Wheeler's Tuesday start

For the Mets, it’s on to Super Tuesday with a smile. In a season of mistakes, the Mets hit their lowest point yesterday when they threw the ball away in...

WATCH: Mets suffered a comedy of errors before dramatic ending

Sandy Alderson promised changes were coming, but mimicking the Bad News Bears wasn’t one of them. In the fifth inning of yesterday’s series finale at Citi Field against the Cubs,...

'We need to, create education better' - Miss USA contestant's fumbling answer goes viral

Thank you … um … Miss Utah? A finalist in the Miss USA competition is drawing unique attention for her response to a question about women’s wages. Marissa Powell, a...

Say yes to the stress

Come Friday afternoons during the summer, most city professionals look forward to powering down their computers and high-tailing it to the Hamptons. Not Kristin Doggett and Lauren O’Shaughnessy. The wedding...

Go to Greg

Having spent seven years as a copywriter, I’m looking to change industries. The problem is that all of my writing samples are geared toward pharmaceutical advertising. How do I convince...

60 Seconds with Pamela Ryckman

What is a Stiletto Network? Stiletto Networks are women who meet in dinner groups and networking circles all across the nation. I’ve found them among women in all industries and...

Chill factor

Most popular songs 1. Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke 2. We Can’t Stop, Miley Cyrus 3. Get Lucky, Daft Punk 4. Can’t Hold Us, Macklemore + Ryan Lewis 5. Radioactive, Imagine...

Business briefs

China troubleA top Fitch Ratings director in Beijing warned of a credit bubble in China, saying, “There is no transparency in the shadow banking system, and systemic risk is rising....

Devils again sliding into financial mess

The New Jersey Devils are again skating on very thin financial ice, The Post has learned. The team’s cash-strapped owner, less than six months after restructuring its debt, has missed...

NYC chieftains win pay proxy powwow

In New York City it pays to be the boss — and how. Chief executives of 12 companies in the Big Apple are paid five times or more than the...

On the wet side

It’s time to feel the spray of the sea or to hear the squeal of the reel when a big fish catches your line. For the best in summer water...

Tony Playland sets Rockaway revival complex

The Rockaways scene is getting increasingly upscale. Playland Motel, with a tony restaurant and pizza place, is set to open in a few weeks, Side Dish has learned. The complex...

Yeezus: Bless me, father – ME!

Mazel tov, Kimye! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed a healthy girl child into the world Saturday, a month early. But not a moment too soon. The joyous and overpublicized...

THE RED HOOK: A hero for hipsters!

Gotham has Batman — and now Brooklyn has its own scrappy superhero. An edgy new Web comic by an award-winning artist centers on “The Red Hook” — a street-smart superhero...

Heaven for leather

VATICAN CITY — Biker culture came to the Vatican yesterday as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders, who were celebrating the US manufacturer’s 110th anniversary with a...

Married man living ‘double life’ kills girlfriend, then himself, on UWS: police

A married man living a “double life” bludgeoned his girlfriend to death yesterday and then killed himself in her Upper West Side apartment, cops said. Edwin Rodriguez, 58, had worked...

Verizon’s po$h plan

Verizon officials want luxury residential, hotel and restaurant owners to move into their landmark lower Manhattan headquarters — which means the workers have to leave. The telecom giant is looking...

UES suicide leap

An Upper East Side woman leaped to her death from the roof of her swanky apartment building yesterday, authorities said.Police sources identified the Manhattan woman as Emylia Slivka, 37, and...

Apple hardly golden for tech ‘Geniuses’

It doesn’t always pay to be a “genius.” New York steamfitters, map makers and costume designers make a lot more money than the tech experts working behind the Apple Genius...

E. End girl, 14, killed by SUV

The 14-year-old daughter of a popular yoga studio’s owner was killed Saturday when an SUV smashed into her bicycle in East Hampton Village, cops said.Anna Mirabai Lytton was riding to...

Paul McCartney’s son: Nancy Shevell is 'my new mother'

Sir Paul’s son feels fine about his “new mother.” James McCartney — the little-known solo artist and son of Beatles legend Paul McCartney — said he’s delighted with his dad’s...

School on trial

The Riverdale Country School goes on trial today for allegedly espousing a sham “diversity” program that actually only sought to enroll full-paying Asians and wealthy but “noncelebrity” blacks. Jury selection...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Brooklyn *** A gangbanger who was no stranger to the NYPD was gunned down at a house party in Flatlands early yesterday, police and sources said. Keith Anthony, 24, had...

NYC DOT workers suspended after they were caught working out at gym during work hours

Three beefy city Transportation Department workers have been suspended after they were caught pumping iron at a Brooklyn gym on the taxpayer dime, The Post has learned. A DOT probe...

All keyed up at Lincoln Center

A quirky installation hit all the right notes at Lincoln Center yesterday. Eighty-eight whimsically decorated pianos that had been placed around the city the past few weeks were gathered in...

Pol gunning for gov

An AGGRESSIVE upstate lawmaker who backs gun rights and Texas-style low taxes and calls Gov. Cuomo a “bully” has emerged as a likely — some say certain — Republican candidate...

Mike: US must keep immigrads

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Mayor Bloomberg used his platform as Stanford University’s commencement speaker yesterday to lobby for an immigration-reform plan that allows foreign students to remain in the country...

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng blames Beijing pressure in NYU eviction

Welcome to New York University — now get out. Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, speaking out for the first time since The Post reported the school was giving him the...

Making scents of it all

If you live in Harlem and smell cinnamon today, it’s not fresh buns baking — it’s a gas project. The city Office of Emergency Management last night said it will...

Jacko’s kid skips nups

Paris Jackson missed a cousin’s wedding yesterday after doctors said they needed more time to evaluate the troubled teen following her attempted suicide, family sources say.Jackson, 15, daughter of Michael...

Quinn uses Weiner’s old 'middle class' campaign slogan

Mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn has a populist campaign phrase that’s got a familiar ring to it — it’s strikingly similar to rhetoric that rival Anthony Weiner used in his 2005...

Bronx hit-run victim tossed into Medical Examiner’s van with trash

He was thrown out with the trash. A young Irishman who came to the city to work for the summer was killed by a hit-and-run driver in The Bronx early...

Mike bids to expand food recycling citywide

Mayor Bloomberg is planning to expand a food-recycling program that is one of his administration’s final pet projects — and to also seek proposals to build a plant that would...

US spied on Russia leader at summit

WASHINGTON — Electronic snooping by US spy agencies included the interception of top-secret communications of then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a G20 summit in 2009, according to a report yesterday...

Kremlin denies Vladimir Putin stole Patriots’ Super Bowl ring from owner Robert Kraft

The Kremlin yesterday angrily said “nyet!’’ to charges that Russian President Vladimir Putin stole a Super Bowl ring belonging to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Putin’s spokeman, Dmitry Petrov,...

Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes pays top price for his office’s downtown real estate

It’s good to be Kings County’s top lawman. District Attorney Charles Hynes spends nearly twice as much to rent his cushy staff headquarters as all of the city’s four other...

‘Man of Steel’ the reel deal

“Man of Steel” leaped to the top of the movie box office in a single bound. The Superman reboot earned $125 million domestically in its opening weekend, according to studio...

Kimye’s kid a hit in hosp

It’s already a challenge keeping up with Baby Kardashian. The newborn girl of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West has received a steady stream of hospital visitors and online well-wishers in...

Push for ‘no-fly’ in Syria

WASHINGTON — Pressure mounted yesterday for President Obama to do more than just send guns to Syrian rebels. “The whole region is about to blow up,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)...

Hero dispatcher’s stroke victim brain dead

The stroke victim who held out for eight hours while a heroic 911 dispatcher tried desperately to locate her is brain dead, The Post has learned. Mary Thomas, 54, a...

US will ‘plant’ prez guards

WASHINGTON — Secret Service agents will put on overalls and climb aboard tractors this week in Northern Ireland — a disguise they will use to help protect President Obama at...

Girl struck by stray bullet gives her dad the best Father's Day gift of his life

A Bronx dad had the best Father’s Day of his life yesterday when his 9-year-old daughter, who was wounded by a stray bullet while playing outside Friday, was released from...

Manhattan defense attorney is in deep $#^% over courthouse slurs

A criminal-defense lawyer with a randy reputation could get the book thrown at him for using language that won’t be found in any law library. Paul Lieber, a married 69-year-old...

Closet captor faces raps

CLYDE, NY — An upstate man who says he caught four boys vandalizing his father-in-law’s home has been charged with child endangerment after corralling them in a closet until police...

Beware of ‘The Blob’! Injury lawsuit OK’d

An ex-con’s visit to Bible camp has brought down the vengeance of “The Blob.”Brock Charles — who sued after he got hurt at an upstate religious retreat — deserves a...

Barflies raising truckus

Weary residents of a Hell’s Kitchen co-op say rowdy bar patrons who spill onto to the sidewalk in front of their homes are making their lives miserable, all while safely...

Whitey in the dock

Boston It’s the trial of the decade in New England — notorious South Boston mobster Whitey Bulger finally brought before the bar of justice after 16 years on the lam...

Will next Mayor save the subway?

After crime, commuting is the top quality-of-life issue for the vast majority of New Yorkers. That’s why, even though the mayor doesn’t control the MTA, the next resident of Gracie...

Keeping the plan you like Is harder than promised

The Issue: Freelancers may soon be able to opt out of ObamaCare, but not all small businesses can. *** “Escaping ObamaCare” refers to its devastating impact on small businesses and...

A steamy State scandal

The Issue: Allegations that inquiries into bad behavior by State Department officials were covered up. *** I am curious to see if Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will go after Hillary Clinton...

Shelly’s compromising position

They say the coverup is worse than the crime. Shelly Silver sure found that out. And now those who back him are finding that covering for the man who covered...

Gov. Andrew M. Excuses

Call him Gov. No-Can-Do. Instead of fixing a problem he admits is throttling the state’s economy — i.e., high taxes — Andrew Cuomo makes excuses. The governor says he wants...

Attention Walmart shoppers

Here in a city where politicians fight new businesses that want to come to town, it’s no secret that Walmart remains unwelcome. But the retail giant has just landed a...

Iran’s new Prez is no ‘moderate’

A month ago, Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Khamenei demanded that last Friday’s presidential election be transformed into an “epic” endorsement of his regime, appealing for a record turnout and a clear...

Obama’s Syrian error

President Obama’s plan, announced last Thursday, to aid Syrian rebels was spectacularly ill-timed as well as wrong-headed. Ill-timed not just because we’re entering the battlefield very late in the game....

'Roadkill' is the feel-bad show of the year

‘roadkill” is a fantastic theatrical experience, one you’re unlikely to forget. It also happens to be the feel-bad show of the year. The heavy subject — sex trafficking — is...

Joyce's 'Ulysses' adapted into two-hander 'Gibraltar'

Time to fess up. You never did get around to reading James Joyce’s epic-length “Ulysses,” did you? You meant to, but something else always came up . . . like...

Familial conflicts exposed in 'Charles Ives Take Me Home'

A famous American composer proves an unlikely mediator between a violinist dad and his basketball- loving daughter in “Charles Ives Take Me Home.” Jessica Dickey’s three-character fantasia has an audacious...

Mets avoid a Cubs sweep

Yanks beat Angels

Debbie Little at Monticello Graded Entries

Post Time: 12:50PM Best Bet: Eyemajet (5th)FIRST: mile; pace; $4200; cond5 CommunitySpirit(JMarhnJr)1-6-27-23 GetReadyToRumb(WPrkrJr)5-4-75-24 TemptationQueen(BKramer)9-1-68-11 LivinwellHanover(CStraton)1-8-46-12 Princess Baby Ella(GMerton)5-1-23-16 Aruba Sunset(AButtitta)4-4-54-17 Dolly Little Angel(PBeeler)4-1-710-1SECOND: mile; trot; $2900; cond4 Our Special Girl(JDeSimone)3-3-33-13...

Debbie Little at Yonkers Graded Entries

Post Time: 7:10PM Best Bet: Cassas Image (4th)FIRST: mile; pace; $16,500; cond3 Zip It Lock It(BSears)6-4-65-14 Blueridge Jezebel(JBartlett)4-6-86-18 Float On(JPantaleano)4-2-112-11 Happy Feet Too(DDube)8-10-93-12 MinorWisdom(MMacDonld)6-4-84-15 Bets Draggin Fly(SSmith)5-8-710-16 Tessla Blue Chip(EGoodell)7-8-412-17...

Parx Racing Entries Graded Entries

FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $19,000; cl($7,500); 3up(f&m);1-Dreamingofntlz5-25-Miss Etta 8-52-FrenchConcrde9-26-Our Mama Dear6-13-Speed Zone 8-17-ThePinkMnkey15-14-Trinidad Lady 10-1SECOND-6 fur; $45,000; md sp wt; 3YO;1-Stormy Henry 5-26-Tango On 8-12-Slickuponatime9-27-Metroliner 15-13-Pastafagioli 12-18-Do It for Love 15-14-No...

Parx Racing Results

FIRST-1m70yds; $17,000; md cl; 3, 4 & 5YO(f&m); cloudy.2Roml's Jult (Crsn)9.002.802.205Marianne's Star (Flores)2.402.201Irshdancedforfree (Bermudez)5.40* Exacta (2-5) $18.80 * Trifecta (2-5-1) $122.00SECOND-7f; $19,000; cl; 3up; cloudy.6Lmon Ghost (Rsd)16.405.603.403Speight Me (Rivera)3.202.807Compelling Star...

Monmouth Park Results

FIRST-6 fur; $21,000; clm($10,000); 3up1H Cn Rn (AlvrdJr.)7.004.603.204Fearless Cowboy (Coa)7.803.802Afternoon Treat (Franco)2.80Scr: Cover Price.* Exacta (1-4) $48.20 * $1 Superfecta (1-4-2-6) $148.30 * $1 Trifecta (1-4-2) $55.20SECOND-6 fur; $16,000; clm($5,000);...

Home Team Lineups

TODAYJune 17TUEJune 18WEDJune 19THUJune 20FRIJune 21SATJune 22SUNJune 23YankeesNOGAMEDodgers7:05WWORWCBSDodgers7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05WWORWCBST.B.1:05YESWCBST.B.2:05YES/TBSWCBSMetsAtlanta7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FM*Atl. (2)1:10SNYWFANAtl.7:10SNYWFANAtl.7:10SNYWFANPhi.7:05WPIXWFANPhi.4:05WPIXWFANPhi.1:35SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEPhila.5:00ESPNLibertyNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMES.A.3:00MSG+S.I. Yankees%Brooklyn7:00No TVBklyn.7:00No TVBklyn.7:00No TVH.V.7:00No TVH.V.7:05No TVH.V.7:00No TVABD4:00No TVCyclones%Staten Island7:00No TVWSOU 89.5 FMS.I.7:00No TVWSOUS.I.7:00No TVWSOUAbdn.7:00No TVWSOUAbdn.7:00No TVWSOUAbdn.6:30No...

The Post Line

Stanley Cup FinalsFavoriteLineUnderdogBRUINS$105-125Blackhawks Home team in CAPS

Today's Sports on the Air

Baseball3 p.m.College World Series: Louisville vs. Oregon State ESPN27 p.m.Cubs at Cardinals ESPN7 p.m.Mets at Braves SNY, WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM)8 p.m.College World Series: Mississippi State vs. Indiana ESPN2Stanley Cup...

Hondo fishing for longshot

Jon Lester, aka Jonny Lager, and the dreaded Bosawx were beaten in Baltimore, which made Hondo crabby as his debt grew to 350 espinozas.Tonight, Mr. Aitch is whistling for the...

Brooklyn, Staten Island full of talent with Mets, Yankees Penn League teams

The Mets have been playing minor league baseball in Queens for more than a month, but the genuine article returns to the city tonight as the Staten Island Yankees host...

Wild trek from Vegas can’t deter Mets reliever Torres

Carlos Torres, who was promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday night and arrived in New York at 9 a.m. yesterday, made his Mets debut. He relieved starter Jeremy Hefner...

Sports Shorts

MLB: Rays’ Cobb out of hospital Rays pitcher Alex Cobb left the hospital and went home yesterday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line...

Italy tops Mexico in Confed. Cup

Mario Balotelli showed off his strength and rapidly developing talent by scoring the winner in Italy’s 2-1 victory over Mexico yesterday at the Confederations Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....

NBC cons viewers from the very ‘start’

Even our national golf championship, once it’s sold to TV’s highest bidder then given TV’s preconditioned deception treatment, becomes a national con job, a sucker-bait enterprise, no regard for or...

Blue Jays' Wang gets first win in over a year

ARLINGTON, Texas — Toronto manager John Gibbons knew Chien-Ming Wang could help the beaten up Blue Jays pitching staff. He just didn't think it would happen this soon. Wang won...

Revived Ginobili, Spurs top Heat to get one win from title

SAN ANTONIO — It took him five games, but Manu Ginobili finally arrived at the NBA Finals last night. Ginobili always has had a flair for the dramatic, but even...

Spurs' Green from Long Island sets Finals shooting mark

SAN ANTONIO — Over the course of two years, Danny Green has gone from a player on the verge of leaving the NBA to the record holder for 3-pointers made...

Rangers may name Vigneault coach today

While the Rangers could formally announce the hiring of Alain Vigneault today as the 34th head coach in franchise history, his introductory press conference won’t be held before Thursday. Glen...

Bruins perfect talking points

BOSTON — Tyler Seguin knew something had to be said.And he was pretty sure it wouldn’t be fit for public consumption.After the Blackhawks badly outplayed the Bruins in the first...

Squad of Yankees backups keeps the faith

ANAHEIM — Can you even imagine the anxiety that would have enveloped The Bronx today had Mariano Rivera served up a walk-off hit to Albert Pujols? Good grief. But the...

Mattingly leads Dodgers into Yankee Stadium

ANAHEIM — Expect more of a buzz at Yankee Stadium tomorrow and Wednesday on par with a Subway Series against the Mets when the Dodgers arrive in The Bronx for...

Inflammation in wrist won’t end Teixeira’s season ... yet

ANAHEIM — Mark Teixeira’s season isn’t finished ... yet. According to an MRI exam taken yesterday when the switch-hitting first baseman was examined by Dr. Chris Ahmad in New York,...

Yankees hold off Angels to end skid

ANAHEIM — Across eight innings, CC Sabathia and Travis Hafner kept a perfect cobalt blue Southern California sky from falling on the Yankees’ heads. Embracing the responsibility of being a...

Tiger, Rory flame out at U.S. Open

ARDMORE, Pa. — Another major has come and gone, and Tiger Woods continues to be stuck at 14. Yesterday at Merion Golf Club, the 113th playing of the U.S. Open...

Merion frustrates field

ARDMORE, Pa. — The Philadelphia fans were screaming it at players all week, speaking with a pride evident all around this passionate sports town. “Hey Tiger,” they would scream, “Merion...

Stricker's major struggles continue after disastrous second hole

ARDMORE, Pa. — When the day began, if Phil Mickelson were sentimental favorite No. 1 to win the U.S. Open, Steve Stricker would have been a close second. Stricker, who...

Triple on 15th stops Dufner's run at U.S. Open

ARDMORE, Pa. — For a while yesterday, it looked as if Jason Dufner might win the U.S. Open through the back door. Dufner, who entered the final round nine shots...

‘New Day’ premieres on CNN

The brand-new Time Warner Center set of CNN’s “New Day” has the familiar morning-show elements. There’s the glass-top table with swivel chairs for the hosts, the modern-looking, neutral-toned couch and...

Billy Campbell and Clea Duvall join cast of Lizzie Borden flick

Lifetime has added Billy Campbell and Clea Duvall to its Lizzie Borden movie starring Christina Ricci as the infamously suspected ax murderess. Campbell will play Borden’s attorney, Andrew Jennings, and...

Krysten Ritter reprises role for 'Veronica Mars' movie

Krysten Ritter has joined the cast of the big-screen version of “Veronica Mars.” Ritter, who played Gia Goodman on the UPN/CW series in 2005-06, broke the news via Twitter. “G-G-G-Gia!!!!...

Talk show guests

MONDAYBRET MICHAELS - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7SHERRI SHEPHERD, DARLENE LOVE - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5ZACHARY QUINTO, AMANDA KNOX - The View,...

'America's Got Talent’ hits all the right notes

Is it even possible that “America’s Got Talent” actually gets more talented with each new year and each new judge? After watching the first few new episodes this season with...

Bobby Ojeda finds a not-so-secret admirer

The Mets are enduring another rough season — but one of their announcers has a very famous fan. Big-time Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld recently tweeted his admiration for former Amazin’s...

Pulse sales

CYNTHIA ROWLEY 376 Bleecker St., between Perry and Charles streets * Sale June 20-22. Thurs.-Sat. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Women’s clothing and accessories are up to 75 percent off. GRYPHON +...

Weird but true

If you’re a crook trying to escape on foot, make sure your victim isn’t a marathon runner. A man got a nasty surprise in Seattle when he was caught trying...

UCLA tops sloppy LSU in CWS nail-biter

OMAHA, Neb. — Adam Plutko and two relievers limited LSU to five hits, and UCLA turned both of the Tigers’ errors into runs in a tense 2-1 victory at the...

New Rutgers AD Hermann must hit the ground running

Greetings from Piscataway, Julie Hermann. Not sure how much you know about the Garden State, but native rock deity Bruce Springsteen’s first studio album was titled, “Greetings from Asbury Park,...

Manu Ginobili sparks Spurs to Game 5 win over Heat

SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili had 24 points and 10 assists in a surprise start to spark the San Antonio Spurs to a 114-104 victory over the Miami Heat in...

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Booted blind Chinese dissident: NYU caved to Communist pressure

Welcome to New York University — now get out. Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, speaking out for the first time since The Post reported the school was giving him the...